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A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
I don't believe in laundry stripsI don’t believe in laundry strips. Is something wrong with me, and what does this mean for our chances of dealing with climate change?
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Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 7, 2021Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Mar 21, 2021 at 8:57 pm | 16 comments | 33325 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
It is not an easy decision to go to high school in Palo Alto right nowNote: Today’s post is not about climate change, but tune in next week for more climate-related topics. On Thursday morning my tenth-grade daughter...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 14, 2021Last comment by Bystander, on Mar 19, 2021 at 9:20 am | 25 comments | 21451 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Kill two birds with one ... mini-split!Mini-splits are the multi-tools of HVAC. They can heat, they can cool, and they are very modular -- you can put in as few or as many as you want, where you want....
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 28, 2021Last comment by RMRN, on Mar 8, 2021 at 9:05 am | 16 comments | 30288 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Polar vortexes and clean energy in the Upper MidwestGiven the awful power grid mess in Texas, it’s interesting to look at the ongoing electricity planning discussions for the Upper Midwest. In the summer of...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 21, 2021Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Feb 27, 2021 at 4:06 pm | 8 comments | 15685 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
What does it mean to be a "realist" about climate?I recently tuned into a city discussion about reducing local emissions. Senior Resource Planner Jonathan Abendschein was giving a progress update on his team’s...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 14, 2021Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Feb 21, 2021 at 1:01 pm | 21 comments | 16765 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
How a 1960s apartment complex is going greenSunshine Gardens Apartments in Mountain View is a modest two-story 44-unit complex, with ten 1960s-vintage buildings circling a small pool. Tenants at this complex...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 7, 2021Last comment by A, on Feb 8, 2021 at 11:54 am | 4 comments | 19445 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
California must fix its expensive and unfair electricity pricingBack in the olden days, when we used to go places, I enjoyed travelling to visit my sister in Minneapolis. I would take lots of scenic pictures -- lakes! -- but...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jan. 31, 2021Last comment by Mark, on Feb 3, 2021 at 5:47 pm | 11 comments | 25073 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Will you save money with a heat pump water heater?==I This is the second post in a two-part series about heat pump waters heaters. The first post is
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jan. 24, 2021Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Jan 25, 2021 at 12:03 pm | 6 comments | 41095 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Offsetting your 2020 emissionsFor the last 4-5 years, at the end of the year, I’ve been offsetting our household’s carbon emissions. It's easy and not too expensive. In fact, it's...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Dec. 13, 2020Last comment by Palo Alto Green, on Jan 24, 2021 at 6:23 pm | 11 comments | 17458 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Spend some quality time with your thermostatWhen I was looking for a house in Palo Alto about twelve years ago, a friend warned me about high utility rates. I asked my real estate agent about it and she responded...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jan. 10, 2021Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Jan 13, 2021 at 9:27 pm | 11 comments | 15908 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Did LED bulbs make a difference? Yes, bigly!It’s that time of year when Kris Kringle encourages the Winter Warlock by singing: “Put one step in front of the other…” That’s how...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Dec. 20, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Dec 22, 2020 at 4:23 pm | 8 comments | 15272 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
A Disturbing Conversation about Nuclear SafetyIt’s one thing to hear about the war on science but quite another to listen to it live as you are driving home on a quiet evening. Okay, it wasn’t really...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Dec. 6, 2020Last comment by Huyen, on Dec 10, 2020 at 9:36 am | 9 comments | 18102 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
How to Buy a Used EVUsed EVs are a good deal, arguably one of the best deals on the car market today. Edmunds is
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 22, 2020Last comment by Resident, on Dec 5, 2020 at 6:31 pm | 13 comments | 20814 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
EVs for EVeryoneCalifornia has set aggressive goals for EV adoption as it works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The number of EVs is targeted to triple in the next five years...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 15, 2020Last comment by Tim Bussiek, on Nov 20, 2020 at 2:09 pm | 17 comments | 21320 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
The Silver Bullet for our EmissionsPeople often say there is no silver bullet for our greenhouse gas emissions. That’s certainly true in general. But for those of us on the mid-Peninsula, there’s...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 8, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Nov 16, 2020 at 10:55 am | 18 comments | 17261 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
No post this week due to distractionsDear Readers: I have no climate post for you today. I am guessing that you have better things to pay attention to given the consequential(!) elections this week. It...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 1, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Nov 4, 2020 at 10:47 am | 4 comments | 14013 Views
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Which City Council candidates "get" climate change?A few weeks ago 350 Silicon Valley and 18 other non-profits sponsored a two hour forum to solicit Palo Alto City Council candidates’ views on climate change....
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 25, 2020Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Oct 29, 2020 at 10:21 pm | 15 comments | 15412 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Thinking of moving? You're not alone.This would be funny if it weren’t also true. Just today (1), I got: - A warning about extreme heat (a “Heat advisory”) - A notice about “public...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 18, 2020Last comment by Palo Alto, on Oct 24, 2020 at 6:54 pm | 23 comments | 20731 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Fun and games with your electric meterI remembered the other day that I made a New Year's resolution to decrease our electricity...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 11, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Oct 17, 2020 at 10:20 am | 24 comments | 23976 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Are American and masculine identity compatible with eco-friendly living?Oh boy. After a week of heat, smoke, COVID news, and a frustrated housebound teenager, not necessarily in that order, I haven’t been entirely excited to do...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 4, 2020Last comment by Lee Forrest, on Oct 8, 2020 at 6:49 pm | 22 comments | 16323 Views
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